Bottle-closure.



J. 'B\ TREVOR.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

' -APPL|CAT|0N FILED um. 14, 19 15.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS v BY A T1 rot.-

JOHN Bonn TREVOR, or Yor En-s, new Yon 3 BOTTLE-crosses To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN, B. Tnnvon, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident object to provide an improved construction which will. positively seal the bottle.

Another object in view is to provide a closure formed with sealing material arranged thereon of a pliable nature so as to positively seal a bottle or other receptacle to which it is attached, eventhough the same may be irregular or rough.

A still further object in view is to provide a closure formed on the order of a cup with corrugations and with a covering of filling material, such as paraifin, whereby the closure is adapted to close bottles, jars and the like having openings differing slightly in sizes.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view'ofa closure embodylng the invention; Fig. 2 is a sectlon through Fig. 1 on line 2-2; Fig. 3 is a sectional,

view through a closure and the neck of a bottle together witha stopper, the same disclosing an embodiment of the invention applied; Fig. 4 discloses a removable stopper used in connection with the closure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4: but showing the cup disclosed in Fig. 4 applied thereto; Fig. 6 is a further slightly modified arrangement disclosing the cup pressed or crimped over the bead of the neck of the bottle.

Referring to the accompanying'draw ings by numerals, 1 indicates the cup in its entirety, which is provided with a corrugatedwall 2 and a bottom 3, preferably flat. The

:corrugation's in wall 2 are filled with a suitable form of plastic material, as for instance paraffin 4. The paraffin 4 covers the entire outer wall, there being a greater supply in the corrugations than on the wall. This paraflin may be applied in any suitable manner, as for instance by dipping while the parafiin is in a liquid state. After the cup or cover 1 has been prepared in the manner just described, the same is inserted into the neck of the bottle, for instance the neck 5 shown in Fig. 3. The stopper 6 is then Specification of Letters latent;

Patented Apr 11, 1915.

' Application filed 0ct0ber14,1915. Serial No. 55,809.

applied, which maybe of cork or of other material aspreferred. When the cork stopper 6 has been forced into position the corrugations .on the wall 2 will v become some- What straightened, if not entirely straightened out and the wax or paraflin, in case parafiin is used, is forced against the neck 5 and. thereby caused to iill all the small indentations or rough places in the neck, thus producing a ositively airtight closure.

Instead of using the cork stopper 6a stopper 7 of metal or other suitable mate rial is provided, as shown in Fig. 4, which is preferably formed with a plurality of cars 8 adapted to bebent over. a bead 9, as shown in Fig. 5, when the, stopper is in this position. The action of this stopper is the same as that of stopper 6 except for the use of the ears 8 which not only hold the stopper in place but present means by which ferred structure and any desired form of stopper may be applied for squeezing the cup and parafiin covering against the neck 5 of the bottle.

- .It will be noted that in all forms of the invention a substantially cup-shaped" closure is presented which either is. dipped en- I tirely in paraffin or some other similar material or the outside is covered with such material so that when pressed tightly into position the bottle will be hermetically sealed by reason of the fact that the paraflin will enter small indentations or rough places of the bottle. The arrangement is such that the corrugations allow a free expansion of the closure so as to adapt the same to variations and irregularities in the sizes of bottle necks. The corrugations also present means for carrying a supplementary or "extra charge of paraifin, or if desired, of an adhesive for producing a proper tight connection between the parts.

What I claim is l. A closure for bottles and the like, comprising a cup-shaped member having corrugated walls, a parafiin covering for said walls, said corrugations carrying an extra thick-layer of paraflin, and a resilient stopstopper pressing the Walls of said cupper engaging the interior of the cup-shaped shaped member and said overhanging ears member for pressing said Walls of said cuplimiting the movement of the cup-shaped l5 shaped member, so that the paraifin in said stopper When the same is being applied.

-- corrugations will produce an air-tight con- In testimony whereof I have signed my nection. i name to this specification in the presence of 2. A closure for bottles and the like, comtwo subscribing Witnesses.

prlsin a cup-shaped member having corrugate d Walls, a paraifin covering for the JOHN BOND TREVOR iwalls, said corrugations carrying an extra Witnesses:

supply of paraflin, and a cup-shaped stop- ADELE VAN BERLo, per formed with overhanging ears, said MARY ELIZABETH ARTHUR.

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